Some damaging and mostly avoidable strains in professional relationships during recent and ongoing volcanic crises have led several of us to ask: “Does IAVCEI need to formulate guidelines for professional interaction during volcanic crises?” Any of our actions that trouble colleagues, no matter how well-intended those actions might be, compromise our time, teamwork, and credibility during volcanic crises — at the very time when those commodities are most precious.
An IAVCEI subcommittee has examined the need and utility of guidelines and has prepared a draft that has been submitted for publication to the Bulletin of Volcanology. The subcommittee consists of (in alphabetical order) Drs. S Aramaki, R Blong, M Calvache, J-L Cheminee, C Newhall (Chair), R Punongbayan, C Siebe, T Simkin, S Sparks, and W Tjetjep.
The guidelines are non-prescriptive and voluntary. They are intended to help us be sensitive to our own actions during volcanic crises, to avoid pitfalls, and to correct problems of our own behavior.
Guidelines for Professional Interaction During Volcanic Crises
Role of science and independent research during volcanic eruptions forum
For more information, contact:
mail: cnewhall@ntu.edu.sg